Outstanding community members and neighborhoods were honored at the city’s Neighborhood Awards Dinner on March 2.
Mayor Indya Kincannon presented the Timbercrest Neighborhood, the Western Heights Ambassadors and the Forest Heights Neighborhood Association with a Neighborhood Achievement Award.
And, of course, there were those Wiffleball winners.
Sunago Coffee recognizes service in a special way
It makes those smile lines deepen when I see a double recognition like the one I saw recently posted by a patron of a Hardin Valley business.
Derrick, the guy in the picture, (I am sure you figured that one out) was recently a customer of Brinley and Sara, baristas at Sunago Coffee. He was so impressed with their service; he messaged the store to recognize them.
The store invited him to come present special pins whenever he could drop by to award the ladies personally. Derrick came by the store, awarded the pins and now they proudly wear them on their aprons. This is a practice the company uses to incentivize excellent customer service and recognize it as well.
Alexa Sponcia Receives Pinnacle Business Award
Congratulations to Alexa Sponcia, owner of Hard Knox Pizza, winner of Women-Owned Business Excellence Award given at Pinnacle Business Awards hosted by the Knoxville Chamber.
Hard Knox Pizza is a hand-crafted, wood-fired pizza restaurant with locations in Hardin Valley, Bearden and on Central Street. The Woman-Owned Business Excellence Award, sponsored by WorkSpace Interiors, is presented to an outstanding East Tennessee woman-owned business.
Notes
Enjoy a free Spring Hike at Fort Loudoun State Historic Park beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18. Ranger Gamble will take you on a 2-mile interpretive hike talking about the history of farming in the valley from the era of Cherokee communities to large slave-worked plantations, to the days of German POW labor during World War II. Register online. Info: Fort Loudoun State Historic Park at 423-420-2331.
Join the Third Creek Greenway Parkrun at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 18, at the Third Creek Greenway at Safety City. What better way to have a free, fun and friendly 5k community event. Afterwards, enjoy a post parkrun coffee at Panera Bread, Bearden. Details and registration online.
The 3rd annual breakfast fundraiser benefitting Tennessee Children’s Home is Saturday, March 18, from 8-10 a.m. at Aubrey’s Cedar Bluff location. For $5, enjoy pancakes, bacon, eggs and a beverage! Where will you get a deal like this?
Aces & Ales is a relaxed, social tennis league for entry-level players. Participants play a few, friendly mixed doubles matches and then head to a nearby restaurant for more social time. This open league takes place on Thursdays, March 23-May 11, at Nicholas Ball Park Tennis Court from 6:30-8 p.m. Register online.
Cedar Bluff Book Circle at Cedar Bluff Library on Thursday, March 16, from 1-2 p.m. Join others for this informal discussion to share about your latest book.
Evening Reads at Bearden Branch Library on Monday, March 20, from 6-7 p.m. to discuss 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.
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